WEST ASHLEY, S.C. (WCBD) – A change in plans at West Ashley Circle will bring a proposed public safety facility to the area instead of new apartments.
“There were about 300, over 300 apartments that were going to go in this location right off of Bees Ferry. And the mayor stepped in and said, ‘we don’t want to have more people and more apartments where infrastructure is already lagging,” said Deja Knight McMillan, the Director of Communications for the City of Charleston.
On Tuesday, City Council approved the first reading of a purchase agreement for 16 acres and $14 million worth of property around the circle, according to officials.
McMillan said the plan is to construct a police and fire training facility.
“One, it’s going to give them a state-of-the-art facility to train in and then two, it will also have more of a public safety presence in West Ashley which is very important for our largest borough of the city,” McMillan shared.
Charleston City Councilman Kevin Shealy represents that part of West Ashley which he said experiences flooding and traffic issues.